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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
ESTABLISH ~> 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1920 VOL. 99. NO. 82£
cnflJ-W TOBACCO.GRuWERS'
ASSOCIATION FORMED
vT„i-;lASTIC MKETING FRIDAY
VIKVKCTKD ORGANIZATION
' (lK COUNTY BRANCH.
CENTRAL CAROLINA FAIR
* WILL OPEN TO-MORROW
EVERYTHING IN READINESS AND
STAGE IS SET FOR THE BIG
EVENT.
HUGE STILL CAPTURED
NEAR OAK RIDGE
BEATTIE FARRINGTON CHARGED
WITH OPERATING THE
GIANT OUTFIT.
u a meeting,'held Friday morn-
' by the tobacco growers ot this
"uni> there was organized a branch
'" L North Carolina Tobacco Grow-
, Association. The local associa-
-ill he known as. the Guilford
,ountv Tobacco Growers' Associa-te
gathering was held in a
'"■pouse to a call Irom J. A. Groome,
.'.'member of the executive commit-
',# of me state organization.
A namber ot rousing speeches.
,r.anizHtion details and the election
. officers featured the meeting of
Friday. H. W. Lambeth, ot Brown
Summit, was chosen .president; T.
E Whiitaker. of Oak Ridge, vice
^sklent: J. A. Groome. of this city,
secretary, and J. A. Jones, of Stokee-iale.
organizer. The meeting was
preside! over by President Lambeth.
1 A. Groome and E. D. Broad-llU1si
delivered excellent talks to
,he iarmers present, both of the gen-ome,,
discussing the serious prob-lems
confronting the farmers and es-pecially
the growers of tobacco and
cotton Those in attendance Friday
displayed enthusiasm over the possi-bilities
of such an organization and
pledged their support to aid in or-ganizing
all the farmers of the coun-tv.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the gates ot the Central
Carolina Fair and tomorrow morn-ing,
bright and early, the entrances
to the grounds will be opened wide
to the ^public. Secretary John L.
King, ot the Fair Association, (prom-ises
that the people of the county are
going to pronounce the fair of this
year as the best yet, and that the
directors have done all within their
power to win such favorable criti-cism.
, Within a few hundred yards from
the line of Sheriff Stafford's own
farm, located at Oak Ridge, Sheriff
Dave, together with Deputies A. M.
Benbow and J. F. Brown and .Fed-eral
Officer J. H. Johnson, captured
one of the biggest whiskey distill-ing
outfits that have been seized by
the officers this year. Beattie Far-rington,
white, of Sumner township,
was arrested on the scene and
charged with operation ot the plant.
The still was complete in every re-
THE DEMOCRATS ADOPT
A NEW BATTLE CRY
'NO SEPARATE PEACE WITH
GERMANY," SLOGAN OF
.LEAGUE ADVOCATEK.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO
H HSWJ irrais COONTT
DEMOCRATIC RALLIES SCHED-ULED
FOR ALL PARTS OF
■VJUILFORD THIS WEEK.
IIU. ] -—w »...« ——— m- —-
Yesterday afternoon there was a »Pect, according to the officers, and
scene of activity around the fair from indications it appeared that it
grounds and a large number of peo-ple
journeyed out to witness the ar-rival
of the shows aud to watoh them
pitch tents, arrange their parapher-had
been turning out a considerable
quantity of the juice. It was of 125 .
gallon capacity. The officers also'0f a separate peace with Germany.
found between 4.000 and 5.000 gal-] "in the name of dead and living
New York. Oct. 8.—George White,
chairman of the Democratic nation-al
committee, to-day announced a
new slogan adopted by supporters of
the league of nations idea for the
remainder of the campaign.
It la : "No separate peaee with
Germany."
This rallying cry, Mr. White said,
"is echoed in the hearts of all who
favor the league. We have written
it indelibly upon our purpose here
at national headquarters.
"The speech of Senator Harding
at Dew Molues verifies the-'proposal
in his speech of acceptance and his
vote on the Knox resolution in favor
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD
FOR THE DEMOCRATS
DEMOCRATS WORKING IN HAR-MONY
AND HARDING FAILS
TO ATTBACT VOTERS.
During this week the voters of the Memphis, Tenn.. Oct. 8—Bvery-county
will hear the political issues! thing in the south looks good tor
of the day discussed hy prominent the Democrats now. Two weeks
speakers from the Democratic party, ago the Republsjan leaders were «*-
In response to requests for speakers .tually hopeful of three southern
coming In from all parts of the coun- states, but there is no reason forW
ty C K. Whartoi*. secretary of the such feeling to-day. North Carolina
county Democratic executive com- Tennessee and Louisiana, claimed by
mlttee. has arranged the following Will H. Hays and others of hi. or-schedule
of speaking dates for the1 ganlzatton. are safe for Cox by large
fr. (majorities. Many 'cotton people.
* Tuesday. October 12. at 7.30 P.' speculators and others, are hit ul
, I hit hard oh account ot the dro* in
' E D Broadhurst and R. R. King.'prices and some ot them are "beer-
Jr.. at Summer's school. j ing" around about what they will
Charles A. Htnes and H. L.[ do to the Democratic party but there
Koontz at Monticello high school. | is no real danger from that source^
R R King and Judge N. L. EurejThey indulge in that sort of talk
at Tabernacle school. I***** four years- Senator Har
i
dlnB
Alfred S Wyllie and Sidney S. Al- has made k easier for business Dem-ocrats
to stay in line. He has not
pitch tents, arrange their parapher- IOUUU on»e™ ^.««v <,..«. ■— ... ...= ....... « — ,. y\, ,„ .... „, „M.
anlia and get in readiness for the Ions ot beer, 1,200 pounds ot cane• 8„idiers. sailors and marines, whoj Alfred S. Wy»"«***'
big crowd expected to be on hand sugar and other paraphernalia nec-| delivered the finishing thrust to the|d«rman at Wh'^t
h^h°°Democraticl made a Bingie appeal that touched
throughout the week. essary in the manufacture of moon-! oerman army, and in the name of o, * ™%Z™LJZ£T% either the heart or the head of any
Most of the exhibits have already' shine. The distillery was made of,,,,, men and women who laborer . candidate for £"™£'*£jJ£J ^.^KnceA. well-formed Demo-been
arranged and they include aJ-pure copper and with it were the hPre at home to support <jhem, thlen Austin' ^~^S«rS eMt His record is" one of "flip-variety
of most excellent displays, worm, condenser and all the fixings. Democratic party resents this or the house ofjepresentat.ves. * fc o„ jmpor.
—*.._ -«„«... -^......^ rt«f iho hoar and »t,..mnr.ii nvr\nr\*a\ whtah can arise: \fcLeansville scnool. .
I ■■ ■ . l.iii- i/ «i auuoi OMMP saw ■ailing <ivw, —•
The farms, orchards and manufac-j The officers poured out the beer and
turing concerns ot the entire section hauled the still outfit, together with
hnve joined together toward making the sugar back to town,
the exhibits truly representative of The plant was said to have been
the bounty and community. Some of located on the farm of T. M. Blay-shanteful
proposal which arise I McLeansville school. theVountv community, some ot IOCHICU uu »•«= «.■.■• « » — — - .
the best horses on the turf have al-.lock. which adjoins the farm owned.,e8. which includes the covenant of { ville
. . . , ... ' w«, choriff stufford at Oak Ridge, the leaeue ot nations, and the Re-. Th
„,v,y from a desire to truckle to the j Wednesday. October 1«, at 7.30 P. tant ££- + -£?„£
TX^J^ATSlZflm C. Bower, solicitor tor' league of nations has improved Gov-
"^for the treat/of Versai,-! twelfth judicial district, at Gibson-1 exnor Cox ^, «.ances «*£-*
Before adjournment resolutions
*ere adopted as follows:
•Whereas, the tobacco growers of
North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee are
..gain about to face bankruptcy be-au,-
ot the fact that the tobacco
trust and its allied interests have
determined to buy this year's tobac-|
o crop it a price fixed by the tobac-
. o trust. « hlch price is far below the
letnal cost of production; and,
■•Whereas, the tobacco farmers'
-hould not be forced by present fin-ancial
needs to sell their present
crop for less than cost of produc-tion,
that the tobacco trusts may be
enabled to get back a large part of,
• he fair price paid for last year's
crop; and.
•Whereas, organization on the
part of the tobacco trust and its al-lied
interests amounts to a conspir-acy
to depress the tobacco market.at
a time when there is no need for it
and no demand that the tobacco far-mer
be made to share other than his
lust part of any sudden fall in com-modity
prices; and.
■Whereas, the present crop of to-bacco
is the result or the tobacco
iarmers effort to respond to the plea
of the nation that production be in-creased;
and.
reas, the growing of tobacco
in the states of , North Carolina.
-outh Carolina. Georgia. Virginia
od Tennessee as a profitable money
>p must eventually cease unless
- n= help is now made available
>reby this year's tobacco grower
be enabled to market his crop
I least the cost of production;
ready arrived and being put in shape'by Sheriff Stafford, at Oak Ridge,
tor the races. It is announced by j Farrington was brought before Jus-the
management the horee ra-in^tice D. H. Collins, who placed his
this year will be an especial feature, bond at J50.0. ^____
Innumerable other free attractions ~ ~~
have also been secured and there TRAIN CBEW JUMPBPANP
will be t6ur full days of fun and, ESCAPED POSSIBLE INJUB\.
amusement for all those that visit
tne fair | Members ofjhe crew of train No.
! :us. which was drawing a long string
WOMEX IN GBEENSBOBO IfX freight cars, had a narrow escape
REGISTERED SATURDAY, from possibly serious injuries faatui-
I day afternoon about 6 o'clock when
Women voters in five of the larger they jumped after the train had!
-he league ot nations, and the Re-| T^ay. October U, at 7.30 =££-£ *- ^£ **J
publicans are committed to a sepa- P. M.: 4V„ander at g^es-! Democrats that Cox would carry
rate peace, deserting our all.es and Miss Lou.se Alexander at Scales ^ ^ ^^ ^^ over
permitting the Germans to escape vllle «*°°V „ . Har<jing. The suflrage ngnl a, Na8h-all
the obligations which defeat laid, Friday. October 15. at 7.8U r. M.. , B ■ ~ _»_ ^^ _ ^
upon them.
Aubrey L. Brooks at Guilford Col- vtlle several weeks ago made a sharp
" ■ . -Ill - _. _!_.. Y\A»> n naar. * ■ n AOI'nni.'ll Will
"In the next three weeks you will ,ege.
| split in the Democratic organization
see this country realize the obloquy
of such a stand by the party of Lin-coln.
MoKinley and Roosevelt. The
first prominent Republican to resent
it publicly, I learn, is Herbert Par-sons,
former New York congress-man,
and former (Republican nation-
O E. Mendenhall and Thomas J. but the action of Harding and the
Cold at Pleasant Garden. ' appearance of Cox at Nashville U.t
j Allen Austin and Julius C. night have done much to heal the
Smith at Jamestown. Democratic differences and improve
Hon J W Bailev. collector of in- conditions for the Democrats in tho
tern.1 revenue, at Stokesdale. state. The best the Republicans can
' . . 1 do is to hold their own and keep two
, Women voters in fire of the larger they jumped after tne train -»|mMj .no iorm»r «-™-~» -"*-" „..,„— CORN r,BOr 'ccoonnggrreessssiioonnaall ddiissttrriiccttss.. Will H.
> - . tkaxa ii, train triotisni andi conviction. We wel-come
him. fighting with us for a
cause beyond partisanship,
will be many more."
reeisiiaiion. me tuioi ..u,..«^.. — — ._„:_
"women registering on Saturday be- nred. were .imong t^on^e tram
L 307 compared to 498 male reg- that jumped, while Conductor L D
'.strations. The previous Saturday Rochelle. who was in charge of the
the male registration being 352 with train, remained in the caboose and
'/he women numbering 191. It will was unhurt.
I he noticed that both the men and The accident occurred on he Al-
'tomen registered in large numbers lantic and Yadkin roa«£«£»i£
, iL «»« siturdav •mour fertilizer plant. The engine of
'throughout the day. some ot them eral empty boxcars **»£*«*!**
being compelled to keep busy in or- track attached to a sw.tch engine.
S to L the name, ot all that de- .The impact bumped the engine o
Sea to be entered on the roll. The ,:he freight train off the track an
total reglstnit'on for .he five pre- Knocked it from the main ItaO The
S,„c,.,..s w, as.. s• o, aB«; in view o-f t.hne- trac-k. w,.as torn up for a short dis- .tinguish the flames from the hurn-ac
thl manv of rills number are tance and slight damage was done to Jng buuding. was. the
/act that in. I. m n. hQme Mrg Florence Wattg and
.inexperienced, re,,.!..MIS lull expia tne e..R ^ ^^ ^ appeared that the en
nations, a J tbs applicai..... m >"s. ^ .^„„,-V-ITI,- PAIR \ire dwelling would be consumed.
Henry Farmer and Claude Ingram.
quired for registering. !
^srw1,rMoretad^G=; The Bessemer Community Fair.
;;ewn°snhVare not yet aware ot the which^held U* -*•---
-..as. it is a kno»» fact that
ependent buyers have been
>B of the tobacco market on
of present financial string-because
of their inability to
eir operations as they did
r by the aid of the federal
.id through the banks of
; and,
■as, during the late world
i. products were the last to
if b. oeiit ot higher prices and
a to feel the strangling 'hand
trusi in its. effort to pass on
pestive loss by reduced prices
''.- farmer;
"Now. therebotv, be it resolved
J ihe tobacco growers of Guilford
in called meeting assembled
M '. • nboio. H. C this *tb d«y
• October. IS20.
v. that it is the sense of this
'hat the federal reserve
aould sive the plea-of the to-
:towers of this country at this
'..! consideration—not next
bin special consideration
nd. that a copy of these res-h
■• Kent to every representa-i
Congress from Noi'h Caro-and
a copy be sent to each of
"•• I Stai'*s senalors, and a
'. the federal reserve board,
11:1 thai same be published in the
' •''• papers."
'°act that ^r o ^ in these two -hounced by ail as a big success in
•Cecinct* are required to register every respect. The displays were of
fiTf year The old books have of an exceptionally high order and the
neoeseu,'"been eliminated, owing to various exhibits :,fto-de.d an ,n eres
raS„l boundary lines in the ing indication of the s5.ll and A -
changes ° iv of tlM, patrons of the school. .
.var.ous prec.ncts of these t o Sa.ur(lay moming at 11 o'clock a.. „
^S^ZSTZSllTL'JSi^ Slivered by T. E aiready recovered from their „n-
.ing in-the wove ■ "T Brown, state director of vocational | peasant experience.
^rreg^raUon Teach pre- 'education. M, Brown spoke of the;
cinct last Sa urday was as follows; efforts that the department ,s under
Morehead NO. I. old court .house; /taking and reviewed some o the
M.ns« women 49. achievements that have already been
forehead No. 2. Banner garage; .accomplished. Music for the a.r
fJlTStZSi 39. >was furnished by the Euterpe Club.
I] Morehead No^ new court house; ot •=-=t- - „ ,.
K?W. voters^ slTthey were attendance throughout Saturday and
equally divided. 94 men and 94 wo- the day was thoroughly enooyed.
Northeast Greensboro. Gilmer 1NK,VNTRV BAND AND ARTIL-iownahip.
Chamber of Commerce: LKHYMKN HERE FOR FAIR.
Men, 188; women. 86. !, — '
< _ «.— ,.n„c.. mwn- T»he 28th infantry band, ot the
-on. crop promises to-be the larg- and the refusal of the secretary of
_ est in the history of the country by the treasury and the federa reserve
There more than 90.000.000 bushels. board to make it poss.ble for t.-ad-
A vield of i 216 192.000 bushe-s. ers and other speculators here to
compared with' the previous record hold cotton for higher prices has
production of 3.124:746.000 busheis aroused many men who •»«"»£
in 1912 was forecast to-day by the fortunes since the war within the
denartme.it of agriculture from » last few years and some of them, as-
SSSTof 89.1 on October 1. The sert that they will vote for Harding
yS would exceed that of last year to spite the Democrats. Democrat.c
hi nracticallv 300.00O.C.O bnsho'.-*. leaders have urged these disgruntled
clJrilToLt^ny all the in- persons to remain in the party and
comriDuie v ; the Harding statement of yesterday
'"warm and drv September weath-' and the Cox appearance in the state
-r free from widespread killing have improved the situation which
,, . ? .HL. »hP maturing of the late threatened trouble. The states that
.ing building. The fire was at tne, frosts. »"£^^™^ ,the proS- make up the "Solid South" will vote
home of Mrs. Florence WatU and crop, and iWjW^ month «M*w ^ ^ ^^ ^^ f ^ ^
5"?, 000.000 bushels. Frosts near vinced that Governor Cox's visit to
by S0-uuuuu ..d ,ittle dam. xashville will do great good. He
Henry Farmer and Claude Ingram, the end o the month d.d .tt e ■» ^ ^ ..^ impression aBd
,-egular members of the Eagle Com-j age. and the bulk of «« ^ ex. aroused much enthus,a«m. not that
nany. were overcome by heat andjsafe on that sco.e. go ! Te„nessee was in danger, for I have
smoke while they were fighting the perts said.
FRANK MAY INJURED WHILE
FIGHTING FIRE SATURDAY.
Frank May, a member of the vol-unteer
crew of the Eagle Hose Com-pany,
suffered painful injuries Sat-urday
afternoon when he fell from
jtfce roof of a house at 603 Summit
avenue where he was helping to ex-blaze
and they were carried from the
scene by fellow members of the com-pany.
Mr. Mays injuries are not
considered serious and it is expected
fhat he will be entirely recovered
.within a few days. The other in-jured
members of the company have
Bast Greensboro. Glhner town-ship:
Bagle Hose Company: Men.
,116; women. 3*.
ANKOCIW3B ENGAGEMENT OF
* M»8S ADELAIDE VAN NOPPBS.
United States army, arrived in the
city Saturday night, the organization
coming from Thomasville. and it
will remain here during the entire
week to furnish music at the fair. A
battery ot field artilleuy. composed
• of about 1W men, hiked over Satur-
Mr and Mrt. Charles.L. Van Nop- day from Wlnston-Salem and the
oeu of this city, have announced the company is making headquarters in-engagement
and approaching mar- 8iae the fair grounds. Tents were
. ,„ W1, , is thrashing out said all along and I believe now that
1)0ore than had been forecast be- Governor Cox's majority in the state
a.mas* orincipally from rust, will be in the neighborhood ot
E£25^S hanyanticipated. ^«0.000. Governor Roberts and Mr
The S was estimated to-day at Welch on the state ticket w,l. not
1,000 000 bushels less than was fall far behind Governor Cox.
19.000.uoo ^ Senator Hardings repudiation of
forecast a montt^ ago. th ^ ^ ^^ ^^
ducing the c°»bin^o 7.064S,ooO tions. for which he voted ,ome 70
Tbus^hLels aabboouut i1s8«0^000,000 bushels times in the senate, will jnevitably stai(. „, the
b6lr hingSo oats Tonfirm the union. He has at last definitely
^fTforecasts the indicated yield joined Senators Borah and Johnson
T " 1 444T62.000 bushels, almost and repudiated the leadership of
200.000J.0i0ll0' bKu..«shhBeWls mmoorree than last Senator Lodge. Of course, attempts | ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^
Charles Roderick Bremmer. of ye"*l* the tobacco crop showed hut obviously, under strong pressure
I—rin« Seotember of 75.000.- brought to bear upon him by Seu-
The Rev. Robert E. Roe. rec-!»^^n the expected yield. »« Borah, he had capitulated ,
000 pounuh ..„BJ. ,,,_ R^rah and Johnson bitter
Silver-Bi-emmW Wedding.
A wedding of unusual beauty
took place at Holy Trinity Episcopal
church Thursday afternoon at 6
o'clock when Dr. Mary Silver and
Dr.
Ottowa. Canda. were united in mar-tofof
the* ^"officiated": j 000 po-no- ^To.mToVo'pounds the Borah and Johnson bitter-end
The bride is one of Orsmhoro'i; ta ° ™" d8 larl?er than faction, it is inconceivable to m.
most attractive young ladies. She, "•■ '-^'^ction. that the pe---
ia a graduate of Greensboro College f potatoes also
also ot the school ot Chiropractic in| A bountuul em 1 ^ ^
Davenport. Iowa. It was there she was «"•""•, „00 bu,heis. an in-met
Dr. Bremmer. who te also a mated gtji • ^^ bugnel„ ,iw.e
graduate in that profession.
After an extended, bridal trip the
young couple will make their home
In Charlotte, N. C.
Treaae of 2.053.000 bushels .ince
September 1.
DnaauuvvMifliee.. V«».■.•. Ow—ct•. I-•.-Plckp.:ock-.
Llttto Bonn Child Dead; Will III pro«ting by the fair crowds put
.._J^.. _.a.„v.- rtav here yesterday.
^i*t-i*-t —*
rofiUble day yesterday
that the peace-loving, war-despising,
patriotic Republicans in this coun-try,
led by such men as Taft, Hoov-er;
Wiekersham and others, will vote
for Harding after this surrender to
the "bltter-endei-.." Governor Cox'*
assertion in Nashville, that when b«
is elected he U going to sit down
.with the senate and agree to all res-errationa
that will «ren*beti and
elucidate the instrument and make
It American In every essential de-Friday.
,n a pr»»~- , tail will not only strengthen hiss in
*nni« L.vnn Boreu. the 20-months- While only four cases ****** • -._„_,__ but throughout the cono
-^airement 8ide tair grounos. •«« —- An"\* Uy*" °\,„ w r BO-',O the police, these entailing the | Tennessee out ID U,
Hae?o?"eir^aughter. Adelaide. .0 pHched late Saturday evening and old child of Mr and Mrs. W C^ Bo o the P ^^ aevcra, try _________
rlage «*"***?"*" Tarboro. the yesterday the fellows were perfectly ren, Jr.. died at the home of Ra pa loss 01 »i • reported. One,
23S. ™Z«<MBI- ' .rS-o .-— the big grounds. | rents on Spring Garden MkU-^"QJd
P
not notKyi A^-A-id ■■■>■■>
wedding to occur -. A number of trucks brought the'Thursday afternoon. ,ort
! ^ lure All of the thefts which Mr. and Mrs. William Edward
Miss VuiNoppen, J. a charm n- ■ ■ A
nd ^^ of the ar.! Funeral services were conlucted the pol.ee. Al of took Ashley, of this city, have announced
and talented young lady of th.s city equp ^ W,nston-Sa-fby Dr. E. L. Bain, pastor of West were "^ t0
ca„ 0ne woman|t„. engagement of their daughter,
where is held la M«h________±_\ STTS soldiers will give exhibi- Market. Street Methodist church.W°n street cars n&kht0oi. to D.nn-.s Auld. of
feotion. She is a,S'andd»u*ht" ._ JJ drill8 and exhibits during the, Friday afternoon at ».»»_***•<_*) ^-"Z^ZZZL and tried to^ Charleston. S. C. The wedding will
ed. on
city, and she is prom
ed in the county and state.
I
«■S| i
the entire week.

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-«..«. 4
HINGS N£V/
areCi
*57-458.
iova]
RAGEI
LRGED
TREET,
an be Had at|
id Grease.
)H
/lotor Work.1
*AGE,
ro. N. C.
ale!
REE!
) SEES!
ke You a
SAVING!
ind: This
i then our
[or you to
from any
RICH,
[RES;
268.
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
ESTABLISH ~> 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1920 VOL. 99. NO. 82£
cnflJ-W TOBACCO.GRuWERS'
ASSOCIATION FORMED
vT„i-;lASTIC MKETING FRIDAY
VIKVKCTKD ORGANIZATION
' (lK COUNTY BRANCH.
CENTRAL CAROLINA FAIR
* WILL OPEN TO-MORROW
EVERYTHING IN READINESS AND
STAGE IS SET FOR THE BIG
EVENT.
HUGE STILL CAPTURED
NEAR OAK RIDGE
BEATTIE FARRINGTON CHARGED
WITH OPERATING THE
GIANT OUTFIT.
u a meeting,'held Friday morn-
' by the tobacco growers ot this
"uni> there was organized a branch
'" L North Carolina Tobacco Grow-
, Association. The local associa-
-ill he known as. the Guilford
,ountv Tobacco Growers' Associa-te
gathering was held in a
'"■pouse to a call Irom J. A. Groome,
.'.'member of the executive commit-
',# of me state organization.
A namber ot rousing speeches.
,r.anizHtion details and the election
. officers featured the meeting of
Friday. H. W. Lambeth, ot Brown
Summit, was chosen .president; T.
E Whiitaker. of Oak Ridge, vice
^sklent: J. A. Groome. of this city,
secretary, and J. A. Jones, of Stokee-iale.
organizer. The meeting was
preside! over by President Lambeth.
1 A. Groome and E. D. Broad-llU1si
delivered excellent talks to
,he iarmers present, both of the gen-ome,,
discussing the serious prob-lems
confronting the farmers and es-pecially
the growers of tobacco and
cotton Those in attendance Friday
displayed enthusiasm over the possi-bilities
of such an organization and
pledged their support to aid in or-ganizing
all the farmers of the coun-tv.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the gates ot the Central
Carolina Fair and tomorrow morn-ing,
bright and early, the entrances
to the grounds will be opened wide
to the ^public. Secretary John L.
King, ot the Fair Association, (prom-ises
that the people of the county are
going to pronounce the fair of this
year as the best yet, and that the
directors have done all within their
power to win such favorable criti-cism.
, Within a few hundred yards from
the line of Sheriff Stafford's own
farm, located at Oak Ridge, Sheriff
Dave, together with Deputies A. M.
Benbow and J. F. Brown and .Fed-eral
Officer J. H. Johnson, captured
one of the biggest whiskey distill-ing
outfits that have been seized by
the officers this year. Beattie Far-rington,
white, of Sumner township,
was arrested on the scene and
charged with operation ot the plant.
The still was complete in every re-
THE DEMOCRATS ADOPT
A NEW BATTLE CRY
'NO SEPARATE PEACE WITH
GERMANY," SLOGAN OF
.LEAGUE ADVOCATEK.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO
H HSWJ irrais COONTT
DEMOCRATIC RALLIES SCHED-ULED
FOR ALL PARTS OF
■VJUILFORD THIS WEEK.
IIU. ] -—w »...« ——— m- —-
Yesterday afternoon there was a »Pect, according to the officers, and
scene of activity around the fair from indications it appeared that it
grounds and a large number of peo-ple
journeyed out to witness the ar-rival
of the shows aud to watoh them
pitch tents, arrange their parapher-had
been turning out a considerable
quantity of the juice. It was of 125 .
gallon capacity. The officers also'0f a separate peace with Germany.
found between 4.000 and 5.000 gal-] "in the name of dead and living
New York. Oct. 8.—George White,
chairman of the Democratic nation-al
committee, to-day announced a
new slogan adopted by supporters of
the league of nations idea for the
remainder of the campaign.
It la : "No separate peaee with
Germany."
This rallying cry, Mr. White said,
"is echoed in the hearts of all who
favor the league. We have written
it indelibly upon our purpose here
at national headquarters.
"The speech of Senator Harding
at Dew Molues verifies the-'proposal
in his speech of acceptance and his
vote on the Knox resolution in favor
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD
FOR THE DEMOCRATS
DEMOCRATS WORKING IN HAR-MONY
AND HARDING FAILS
TO ATTBACT VOTERS.
During this week the voters of the Memphis, Tenn.. Oct. 8—Bvery-county
will hear the political issues! thing in the south looks good tor
of the day discussed hy prominent the Democrats now. Two weeks
speakers from the Democratic party, ago the Republsjan leaders were «*-
In response to requests for speakers .tually hopeful of three southern
coming In from all parts of the coun- states, but there is no reason forW
ty C K. Whartoi*. secretary of the such feeling to-day. North Carolina
county Democratic executive com- Tennessee and Louisiana, claimed by
mlttee. has arranged the following Will H. Hays and others of hi. or-schedule
of speaking dates for the1 ganlzatton. are safe for Cox by large
fr. (majorities. Many 'cotton people.
* Tuesday. October 12. at 7.30 P.' speculators and others, are hit ul
, I hit hard oh account ot the dro* in
' E D Broadhurst and R. R. King.'prices and some ot them are "beer-
Jr.. at Summer's school. j ing" around about what they will
Charles A. Htnes and H. L.[ do to the Democratic party but there
Koontz at Monticello high school. | is no real danger from that source^
R R King and Judge N. L. EurejThey indulge in that sort of talk
at Tabernacle school. I***** four years- Senator Har
i
dlnB
Alfred S Wyllie and Sidney S. Al- has made k easier for business Dem-ocrats
to stay in line. He has not
pitch tents, arrange their parapher- IOUUU on»e™ ^.««v p must eventually cease unless
- n= help is now made available
>reby this year's tobacco grower
be enabled to market his crop
I least the cost of production;
ready arrived and being put in shape'by Sheriff Stafford, at Oak Ridge,
tor the races. It is announced by j Farrington was brought before Jus-the
management the horee ra-in^tice D. H. Collins, who placed his
this year will be an especial feature, bond at J50.0. ^____
Innumerable other free attractions ~ ~~
have also been secured and there TRAIN CBEW JUMPBPANP
will be t6ur full days of fun and, ESCAPED POSSIBLE INJUB\.
amusement for all those that visit
tne fair | Members ofjhe crew of train No.
! :us. which was drawing a long string
WOMEX IN GBEENSBOBO IfX freight cars, had a narrow escape
REGISTERED SATURDAY, from possibly serious injuries faatui-
I day afternoon about 6 o'clock when
Women voters in five of the larger they jumped after the train had!
-he league ot nations, and the Re-| T^ay. October U, at 7.30 =££-£ *- ^£ **J
publicans are committed to a sepa- P. M.: 4V„ander at g^es-! Democrats that Cox would carry
rate peace, deserting our all.es and Miss Lou.se Alexander at Scales ^ ^ ^^ ^^ over
permitting the Germans to escape vllle «*°°V „ . Har n naar. * ■ n AOI'nni.'ll Will
"In the next three weeks you will ,ege.
| split in the Democratic organization
see this country realize the obloquy
of such a stand by the party of Lin-coln.
MoKinley and Roosevelt. The
first prominent Republican to resent
it publicly, I learn, is Herbert Par-sons,
former New York congress-man,
and former (Republican nation-
O E. Mendenhall and Thomas J. but the action of Harding and the
Cold at Pleasant Garden. ' appearance of Cox at Nashville U.t
j Allen Austin and Julius C. night have done much to heal the
Smith at Jamestown. Democratic differences and improve
Hon J W Bailev. collector of in- conditions for the Democrats in tho
tern.1 revenue, at Stokesdale. state. The best the Republicans can
' . . 1 do is to hold their own and keep two
, Women voters in fire of the larger they jumped after tne train -»|mMj .no iorm»r «-™-~» -"*-" „..,„— CORN r,BOr 'ccoonnggrreessssiioonnaall ddiissttrriiccttss.. Will H.
> - . tkaxa ii, train triotisni andi conviction. We wel-come
him. fighting with us for a
cause beyond partisanship,
will be many more."
reeisiiaiion. me tuioi ..u,..«^.. — — ._„:_
"women registering on Saturday be- nred. were .imong t^on^e tram
L 307 compared to 498 male reg- that jumped, while Conductor L D
'.strations. The previous Saturday Rochelle. who was in charge of the
the male registration being 352 with train, remained in the caboose and
'/he women numbering 191. It will was unhurt.
I he noticed that both the men and The accident occurred on he Al-
'tomen registered in large numbers lantic and Yadkin roa«£«£»i£
, iL «»« siturdav •mour fertilizer plant. The engine of
'throughout the day. some ot them eral empty boxcars **»£*«*!**
being compelled to keep busy in or- track attached to a sw.tch engine.
S to L the name, ot all that de- .The impact bumped the engine o
Sea to be entered on the roll. The ,:he freight train off the track an
total reglstnit'on for .he five pre- Knocked it from the main ItaO The
S,„c,.,..s w, as.. s• o, aB«; in view o-f t.hne- trac-k. w,.as torn up for a short dis- .tinguish the flames from the hurn-ac
thl manv of rills number are tance and slight damage was done to Jng buuding. was. the
/act that in. I. m n. hQme Mrg Florence Wattg and
.inexperienced, re,,.!..MIS lull expia tne e..R ^ ^^ ^ appeared that the en
nations, a J tbs applicai..... m >"s. ^ .^„„,-V-ITI,- PAIR \ire dwelling would be consumed.
Henry Farmer and Claude Ingram.
quired for registering. !
^srw1,rMoretad^G=; The Bessemer Community Fair.
;;ewn°snhVare not yet aware ot the which^held U* -*•---
-..as. it is a kno»» fact that
ependent buyers have been
>B of the tobacco market on
of present financial string-because
of their inability to
eir operations as they did
r by the aid of the federal
.id through the banks of
; and,
■as, during the late world
i. products were the last to
if b. oeiit ot higher prices and
a to feel the strangling 'hand
trusi in its. effort to pass on
pestive loss by reduced prices
''.- farmer;
"Now. therebotv, be it resolved
J ihe tobacco growers of Guilford
in called meeting assembled
M '. • nboio. H. C this *tb d«y
• October. IS20.
v. that it is the sense of this
'hat the federal reserve
aould sive the plea-of the to-
:towers of this country at this
'..! consideration—not next
bin special consideration
nd. that a copy of these res-h
■• Kent to every representa-i
Congress from Noi'h Caro-and
a copy be sent to each of
"•• I Stai'*s senalors, and a
'. the federal reserve board,
11:1 thai same be published in the
' •''• papers."
'°act that ^r o ^ in these two -hounced by ail as a big success in
•Cecinct* are required to register every respect. The displays were of
fiTf year The old books have of an exceptionally high order and the
neoeseu,'"been eliminated, owing to various exhibits :,fto-de.d an ,n eres
raS„l boundary lines in the ing indication of the s5.ll and A -
changes ° iv of tlM, patrons of the school. .
.var.ous prec.ncts of these t o Sa.ur(lay moming at 11 o'clock a.. „
^S^ZSTZSllTL'JSi^ Slivered by T. E aiready recovered from their „n-
.ing in-the wove ■ "T Brown, state director of vocational | peasant experience.
^rreg^raUon Teach pre- 'education. M, Brown spoke of the;
cinct last Sa urday was as follows; efforts that the department ,s under
Morehead NO. I. old court .house; /taking and reviewed some o the
M.ns« women 49. achievements that have already been
forehead No. 2. Banner garage; .accomplished. Music for the a.r
fJlTStZSi 39. >was furnished by the Euterpe Club.
I] Morehead No^ new court house; ot •=-=t- - „ ,.
K?W. voters^ slTthey were attendance throughout Saturday and
equally divided. 94 men and 94 wo- the day was thoroughly enooyed.
Northeast Greensboro. Gilmer 1NK,VNTRV BAND AND ARTIL-iownahip.
Chamber of Commerce: LKHYMKN HERE FOR FAIR.
Men, 188; women. 86. !, — '
< _ «.— ,.n„c.. mwn- T»he 28th infantry band, ot the
-on. crop promises to-be the larg- and the refusal of the secretary of
_ est in the history of the country by the treasury and the federa reserve
There more than 90.000.000 bushels. board to make it poss.ble for t.-ad-
A vield of i 216 192.000 bushe-s. ers and other speculators here to
compared with' the previous record hold cotton for higher prices has
production of 3.124:746.000 busheis aroused many men who •»«"»£
in 1912 was forecast to-day by the fortunes since the war within the
denartme.it of agriculture from » last few years and some of them, as-
SSSTof 89.1 on October 1. The sert that they will vote for Harding
yS would exceed that of last year to spite the Democrats. Democrat.c
hi nracticallv 300.00O.C.O bnsho'.-*. leaders have urged these disgruntled
clJrilToLt^ny all the in- persons to remain in the party and
comriDuie v ; the Harding statement of yesterday
'"warm and drv September weath-' and the Cox appearance in the state
-r free from widespread killing have improved the situation which
,, . ? .HL. »hP maturing of the late threatened trouble. The states that
.ing building. The fire was at tne, frosts. »"£^^™^ ,the proS- make up the "Solid South" will vote
home of Mrs. Florence WatU and crop, and iWjW^ month «M*w ^ ^ ^^ ^^ f ^ ^
5"?, 000.000 bushels. Frosts near vinced that Governor Cox's visit to
by S0-uuuuu ..d ,ittle dam. xashville will do great good. He
Henry Farmer and Claude Ingram, the end o the month d.d .tt e ■» ^ ^ ..^ impression aBd
,-egular members of the Eagle Com-j age. and the bulk of «« ^ ex. aroused much enthus,a«m. not that
nany. were overcome by heat andjsafe on that sco.e. go ! Te„nessee was in danger, for I have
smoke while they were fighting the perts said.
FRANK MAY INJURED WHILE
FIGHTING FIRE SATURDAY.
Frank May, a member of the vol-unteer
crew of the Eagle Hose Com-pany,
suffered painful injuries Sat-urday
afternoon when he fell from
jtfce roof of a house at 603 Summit
avenue where he was helping to ex-blaze
and they were carried from the
scene by fellow members of the com-pany.
Mr. Mays injuries are not
considered serious and it is expected
fhat he will be entirely recovered
.within a few days. The other in-jured
members of the company have
Bast Greensboro. Glhner town-ship:
Bagle Hose Company: Men.
,116; women. 3*.
ANKOCIW3B ENGAGEMENT OF
* M»8S ADELAIDE VAN NOPPBS.
United States army, arrived in the
city Saturday night, the organization
coming from Thomasville. and it
will remain here during the entire
week to furnish music at the fair. A
battery ot field artilleuy. composed
• of about 1W men, hiked over Satur-
Mr and Mrt. Charles.L. Van Nop- day from Wlnston-Salem and the
oeu of this city, have announced the company is making headquarters in-engagement
and approaching mar- 8iae the fair grounds. Tents were
. ,„ W1, , is thrashing out said all along and I believe now that
1)0ore than had been forecast be- Governor Cox's majority in the state
a.mas* orincipally from rust, will be in the neighborhood ot
E£25^S hanyanticipated. ^«0.000. Governor Roberts and Mr
The S was estimated to-day at Welch on the state ticket w,l. not
1,000 000 bushels less than was fall far behind Governor Cox.
19.000.uoo ^ Senator Hardings repudiation of
forecast a montt^ ago. th ^ ^ ^^ ^^
ducing the c°»bin^o 7.064S,ooO tions. for which he voted ,ome 70
Tbus^hLels aabboouut i1s8«0^000,000 bushels times in the senate, will jnevitably stai(. „, the
b6lr hingSo oats Tonfirm the union. He has at last definitely
^fTforecasts the indicated yield joined Senators Borah and Johnson
T " 1 444T62.000 bushels, almost and repudiated the leadership of
200.000J.0i0ll0' bKu..«shhBeWls mmoorree than last Senator Lodge. Of course, attempts | ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^
Charles Roderick Bremmer. of ye"*l* the tobacco crop showed hut obviously, under strong pressure
I—rin« Seotember of 75.000.- brought to bear upon him by Seu-
The Rev. Robert E. Roe. rec-!»^^n the expected yield. »« Borah, he had capitulated ,
000 pounuh ..„BJ. ,,,_ R^rah and Johnson bitter
Silver-Bi-emmW Wedding.
A wedding of unusual beauty
took place at Holy Trinity Episcopal
church Thursday afternoon at 6
o'clock when Dr. Mary Silver and
Dr.
Ottowa. Canda. were united in mar-tofof
the* ^"officiated": j 000 po-no- ^To.mToVo'pounds the Borah and Johnson bitter-end
The bride is one of Orsmhoro'i; ta ° ™" d8 larl?er than faction, it is inconceivable to m.
most attractive young ladies. She, "•■ '-^'^ction. that the pe---
ia a graduate of Greensboro College f potatoes also
also ot the school ot Chiropractic in| A bountuul em 1 ^ ^
Davenport. Iowa. It was there she was «"•""•, „00 bu,heis. an in-met
Dr. Bremmer. who te also a mated gtji • ^^ bugnel„ ,iw.e
graduate in that profession.
After an extended, bridal trip the
young couple will make their home
In Charlotte, N. C.
Treaae of 2.053.000 bushels .ince
September 1.
DnaauuvvMifliee.. V«».■.•. Ow—ct•. I-•.-Plckp.:ock-.
Llttto Bonn Child Dead; Will III pro«ting by the fair crowds put
.._J^.. _.a.„v.- rtav here yesterday.
^i*t-i*-t —*
rofiUble day yesterday
that the peace-loving, war-despising,
patriotic Republicans in this coun-try,
led by such men as Taft, Hoov-er;
Wiekersham and others, will vote
for Harding after this surrender to
the "bltter-endei-.." Governor Cox'*
assertion in Nashville, that when b«
is elected he U going to sit down
.with the senate and agree to all res-errationa
that will «ren*beti and
elucidate the instrument and make
It American In every essential de-Friday.
,n a pr»»~- , tail will not only strengthen hiss in
*nni« L.vnn Boreu. the 20-months- While only four cases ****** • -._„_,__ but throughout the cono
-^airement 8ide tair grounos. •«« —- An"\* Uy*" °\,„ w r BO-',O the police, these entailing the | Tennessee out ID U,
Hae?o?"eir^aughter. Adelaide. .0 pHched late Saturday evening and old child of Mr and Mrs. W C^ Bo o the P ^^ aevcra, try _________
rlage «*"***?"*" Tarboro. the yesterday the fellows were perfectly ren, Jr.. died at the home of Ra pa loss 01 »i • reported. One,
23S. ™Z«■■>
wedding to occur -. A number of trucks brought the'Thursday afternoon. ,ort
! ^ lure All of the thefts which Mr. and Mrs. William Edward
Miss VuiNoppen, J. a charm n- ■ ■ A
nd ^^ of the ar.! Funeral services were conlucted the pol.ee. Al of took Ashley, of this city, have announced
and talented young lady of th.s city equp ^ W,nston-Sa-fby Dr. E. L. Bain, pastor of West were "^ t0
ca„ 0ne woman|t„. engagement of their daughter,
where is held la M«h________±_\ STTS soldiers will give exhibi- Market. Street Methodist church.W°n street cars n&kht0oi. to D.nn-.s Auld. of
feotion. She is a,S'andd»u*ht" ._ JJ drill8 and exhibits during the, Friday afternoon at ».»»_***•